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17 Sustainable Development Goals {SDGs}
A
AAFA Restricted Substance List {RSL}
Accelerating Circularity
ACT Initiative
AFFOA | Advanced Functional Fabrics of America
AGC | Artisanal Gold Council
Aii & FFG | Unlocking the Trillion-Dollar Fashion Decarbonisation Opportunity,2021 {Report}
Aii & WRI | Roadmap to Net Zero, 2021 {Working Paper}
Aii|Clean by Design {CbD}
Allbirds Carbon Toolkit
ALR, Audrey Louise Reynolds
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
amfori
Apparel Impact Institute {Aii}
ARM | Alliance For Responsible Mining
Artis Solomon {Kimberly M. Jenkins}
AskNature
Awaj Foundation
B
B Corp
B Corp Impact Assessment
B Lab {SDG Action Manager + Guides}
Bank and Vogue
BCG & FFG | Financing The Transformation, 2020 {Report}
Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)
Better Shoes Foundation
BFG Lab
bgood Collective
Bio Design Challenge {BDC}
Biofabricate founded by Suzanne Lee
Biomimicry Institute
BIONIC®
Blue Jeans Go Green™ | Cotton Incorporated Denim Recycling Program
Blue Tin Production
Blueprint Power a bp Company
Bluesign® | Bluesign Academy
Bluesign® Restricted Substances List
Bold Metrics
Boston Consulting Group {BCG}
Boundless Impact Investing | Climate Impact Analytics
Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, WCED
BSR | Business for Social Responsibility
C
C.L.A.S.S {Giusy Bettoni}
C2C Certified™ Self Check {FFG}
CA {SB 657} Transparency in Supply Chains Act
CA {SB62} The Garment Worker Protection Act
Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana {CNMI}
Canopy | CanopyStyle Audits
Canopy | Pack4Good
Carmen Artigas
CCA dMBA
Center for the Advancement of Garment Making
CERCLA [42 U.S.C CH 103] EPA
Circuthon
CITES
Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401]
Clean Clothes Campaign
Clean Creatives [Fossil Free Media]
Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1251] EPA
Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act [CA SB 253]
Climate Launchpad
Climate Neutral, The BEE
Climate Reality Project | Climate Justice for All (CJA) Grants
Closed Loop Partners {+Fund, Center}
Closely Crafted
Coalition for Responsible Transportation (CRT)
Columbia University {MS/ MBA}
Common Objective (CO) Ethical Fashion Forum
Condé Nast & CSF | Sustainable Fashion Glossary
Conscious Fashion Campaign
ConsumerNotice.org |Environmental Health
Cotton Campaign
Cotton Made in Africa
Cradle to Cradle Institute
Creatives For Our Future by Swarovski Foundation
Custom Collaborative
D
Denim Therapy
DESCIENCE, Yuly Fuentes Medel Ph.D
DHL Footprint Calculator
Diamond Foundry
DIRT
Doconomy | The 2030 Calculator
Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile (IRBC)
E
E.ON
Earthjustice
Earthworks | No Dirty Gold
Eco-Age | Eco-Verse
ELEVATE
EMF & WF | U.S. Plastics Pact, 2021
EMF | Circulytics
EMF | Jeans Redesign Guidelines, v 2021
EMF Circular Business Models, 2021 {Study}
EMF| Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Environmental Product Declaration {EPD}
Environmental Protection Agency {EPA}
EPA How to Develop a Green Freight Program
Ethical Metalsmiths
EU Ecodesign Directive
EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles
EU Waste Framework Directive
European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform
European Partnership for Responsible Minerals
Extinction Rebellion
F
Fab Textiles
FABRIC Act, The {S.4312}
FABSCRAP
Fair Labor Association / FLA Workplace Code of Conduct
Fair Trade Federation
Fair Trade Resource Network
Fair Trade USA
Fair Wage Network
Fair Wear Foundation (FWF Code of Labour Practices)
Fairtrade
FASHION Act, The [S7428/ A8352]
Fashion Ecologies, K.Fletcher UAL LCF Centre for Sustainable Fashion
Fashion for Good
Fashion Impact Fund {CFC}
Fashion Makes Change {FMC}, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Fashion Pact,The
fashion positive+ {see Textile Exchange}
Fashion Revolution
Fashion Revolution USA
Fashion Transparency Index, Fashion Revolution C. Somers {Index}
FASHION WORKERS ACT,The {S.8638 (Hoylman) / A.9762 (Reyes)}
Fibershed
FibreTrace®
Fifteen Percent Pledge
Fjord
Fordham | Responsible Business Coalition {RBC}, Gabelli School of Business
Forum for the Future
FutureLearn, Open University {Online Edu}
G
Garbage Goddess
GCNYC | Glasgow Caledonian New York College, MS in Sustainable Fashion
GCU | BS Environmental Science {Degree}
Gemstone and Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub
Gender Gap Analysis Tool
GFA | Global Fashion Agenda
GGE | Impact Savings Calculator {Events}
Global Fashion Exchange {GFX}
Global Fibers Overview – Synthetic Fibers Raw Materials Committee Meeting at APIC (2014)
Global Green Freight
Global Labor Justice – International Labor Rights Forum {GLJ-ILRF}
Gold House
Good On You, Ethical Brand Ratings {App}
GOTS | Global Organic Textile Standard
Green Guides {FTC}
Green New Deal, The {H.Res. 109} 2019
Green Story | Know Your Impact {LCA}
Greenpeace
GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals
GreeNYC
GRI Standards {Global Reporting Initiative}
Gucci Changemakers Impact Fund
H
Hannover Principles, The [McDonough + Braungart] 1992
Harmony Recycled & Precious Metals, Hoover & Strong
Harvard University Sustainability Graduate Certificate
Healthy Materials Lab
Helen Storey
Helvetas
Hey Fashion! | Eileen Fisher Foundation
Higg Index {SAC & Higg}
HMF| Global Change Award {GCA}
Honeycomb Strategies
Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKRITA)
I
I:CO
IDEO U {Online Edu}
Infinited Fiber
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 {H.R 5376}
Institute of Positive Fashion {BFC}
International Association for Impact Assessment | Social Impact Assesment
International Labor Rights Forum
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Trade Centre: Ethical Fashion Initiative
Intersectional Environmentalist
IPCC | AR6 Synthesis Report Climate Change 2023
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: Mitigation of Climate Change
ISO 14040:2006 Life Cycle Assessment Principles and Framework
J
Jane Goodall Institute, Roots & Shoots
Jeans Redesign Guidelines | Make Fashion Circular, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC)
Jewelry Industry Summit
Julie Gilhart
Just Transition Principles | Climate Justice Alliance
Justice40 | Initiative & Accelerator
K
Kering & BSR | Climate Change, 2015 {Report}
Kering, My EP&L, {App}
Kering: Reports, Publications & Video {Directory}
KPMG Net Zero Readiness Index
KYUREEOSITY
L
Labour Behind The Label
Leather Working Group {LWC} Audit Standards + Certification
Leverage Lab
Levi Strauss & Co.: Driving Adoption of Green Chemistry (Strand and Mulvihill; Berkeley Haas Case Series)
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)
Lonely Whale | 52hz
M
Magic Hour, Venture Fund
Make Fashion Circular {Ellen MacArthur Foundation}
Make/ Use, H.McQuillan, Massey
Material Wise
Materials For the Arts
Mercado Global
Microfiber Pollution and The Apparel Industry By Patagonia and The University of California
Microfibre 2030 Commitment, Microfiber Consortium
Microplastics Research – From Sink to Source (2018) By Chelsea M. Rochman
Molte Volte
N
NAACP Environmental & Climate Justice Initiatives
National Cotton Council of America {NCC}
Natural Diamond Council
Natural Step | Planning for Sustainability: A Starter Guide
Natural Step | The (ABCD) Method
NAZAR
NEST | Artisan Accelerator
New York Fashion Tech Lab (NYFTL)
New York Heartwoods
New York Textile Month
Newlab
NICE Code of Conduct and Manual
Nike: Sustainability and Labor Practices 2008-2013 (Carroll, Schifrin, and Brady; Harvard Business Review)
Nona Source {DARE}
NRDC | National Resources Defense Council
NRF | National Retail Federation
NSI | New Standard Institute
NYFWDC | New York Fashion Workforce Development Coalition
NYTimes Climate Hub
NYU Stern | Corporate Sustainability Online Certificate
NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business
O
Occupational Safety & Health Administration {OSHA}
Ocean Conservancy
OceanWise: The Role of Textiles in Microfiber Pollution
OECD (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
OR Foundation,The
Organic Cotton Accelerator {OCA}
Oxfam
P
Parlay for the Oceans
Parsons | MFA Textiles Program {Graduate}
Partnership For Sustainable Textiles in Germany
Patagonia: Driving Sustainable Innovation by Embracing Tensions (O’Rourke and Strand, Harvard Business Review)
Patagonia: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (A) (Hoffman, Harvard Business Review)
Patagonia’s Sustainability Strategy: Don’t Buy Our Products (Szekely and Dossa, Harvard Business Review)
PG&E Worksheet: Creating a Basic Green (Environmental) Policy
Planet FWD
Plastic Soup Foundation
Policy Hub, The
PoliticallyInFashion, Jochmans Consulting LLC
Positive Luxury | ESG+
Presidio Graduate School & Earth Academy | ESG Reporting Masterclass {Online Edu}
Presidio Graduate School MBA
Primary Microplastics in The Ocean: From The International Union For The Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Project Everyone
Public-Private Alliance For Responsible Minerals Trade
Pure Earth
Q
Quantis | Make Up the Future: Cosmetics, 2021 {Report}
Queen of Raw & MIT Solve | Impact Footprint Report + Tool
R
Race + Climate Reading List,Take Climate Action UK, FOE
RCRA / HSWA [42 U.S.C. §6901]
Re:Source(d)
Redress
refashionNYC
Regeneration.VC
REI: Sustainability Strategy and Innovation in the Outdoor Gear and Apparel Industry (Larson and Meier; Harvard Business Review)
Reknit
Remake
Responsibility in Fashion
Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)
Responsible Jewellery Council
Responsible Jewellery Council: Human Rights Due Diligence Toolkit
Responsible Jewellery Council: Toolkit + Library
Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)
Responsible Sourcing Network
REvolve Waste
RMG RSC | The Accord, 2020
Ryerson University | Indigenous Fashion MOOC, R.Kucheran {Online Edu}
S
S&B Global | Natural Capital & Biodiversity, 2021 {Report}
SAC | Decarbonization Guide for Members
SBTi | Science Based Targets Initiative
SBTN | Science Based Targets Network
Science Based Targets Initiative | SBTi How-To Guide, 2021 {Report}
SDG Compass, UNGC
Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association (SMART)
Slow Factory
Smart Freight Centre (SFC)
SmartWay® Transport Partnership
Solidaridad Network
Sourcemap
Sovereignty Fashion CEOs Accelerator
Stella McCartney Case Study (Keinan and Crener, Harvard Business Review)
Supply Chain Council (APICS/SCC)
Sustainability at IKEA Group (Rangan, Toffel, Dessain and Lenhardt; Harvard Business Review)
Sustainability Scorecard from California College of the Arts
Sustainable Angle | Future Fabrics Expo
Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC)
Sustainable Brands {SB}
Sustainable Brooklyn | Dominique Drakeford & Whitney McGuire
Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP)
Sustainable Cotton Project
Sustainable Event Alliance, Event Sustainability Roadmap {PDF}
Swarovski Foundation
SXD Ai
T
Temescal Creative
Tensie Whalen
TerraCycle
Terrapass
TEXAID
Textile Exchange
Textile Exchange | Preferred Fiber and Material Matrix {PFMM}
TextileMission | Reducing Textile Microplastics, 2021 {Report}
Textiles Future Research Center, UAL CSM
The Circular Textile Programme
The David Prize
The Endery
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) Base Code of Conduct
The Fashion & Race Database™, K.Jenkins
The LEDE Company
The Natural Capital Coalition Protocol
The Natural Step
The New School |Joseph & Gail Gromek Institute for Fashion Business
The New School Executive | Sustainable Strategies Certificate
The New School Parsons | Certificate Programs
The Plastic Soup Foundation
The Sustainable Event Alliance
There is No Limit Foundation
THREADS Protocol [AAFA]
thredUP Fashion Footprint Calculator
TIWW | The Industry We Want
Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize, Lonely Whale
Toxic Release Inventory {TRI} Program, EPA
Toxic Substances Control Act [15 U.S.C. §2601]
TRAFFIC Wildlife Trade Learning Centre
Transformers Foundation
U
U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol® | Protocol Consumption Management Solution (PCMS)
UAL | Centre for Circular Design
UAL | Centre for Sustainable Fashion {CSF}
UAL CSM | MA Regenerative Design {Degree}
UAL LCF x Kering: Fashion + Sustainability, FutureLearn {Online Edu}
UCRF | Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion
UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action {UNFCCC}
UN Global Compact + Accenture Strategy CEO Study on Sustainability, 2021 {Report}
UN Global Compact/ Accenture | CEO Study on Sustainability,2021
UN Youth Climate Summit
UNCC | Race to Zero
UNDP SDG | Impact Management Platform
UNEP | Sustainability + Circularity in the Textile Value Chain
UNEP | Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook
UNFCCC
UNFCCC | Conference of the Parties {COP}
UNFCCC | Paris Agreement
UNFCCC | Race to Resilience
UNFCCC Playbook for Climate Action
Unforgettable Labs, Benjamin Von Wong
UNGA | United Nations General Assembly
UNGC & Accenture | Climate Leadership in the Eleventh Hour,2021 {Study}
UNGC | United Nations Global Compact
United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
United Nations Conscious Fashion + Lifestyle Network
United Students Against Sweatshops
UNOP | United Nations Office For Partnerships
US Department of Labor | Comply Chain App
V
Vegan Fashion Week
VentureWell
W
War on Want
Wearable Collections
Wordly
World Diamond Council
World Gold Council | Responsible Gold Mining Principles
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Resources Institute (WRI)
World Wildlife Foundation (WWF)
Worn Again Technologies
X
XRC Labs | XRC Opportunity Fund
Z
ZDHC Roadmap to Zero
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